Re: Deleting Multiple Users

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Hi Dave,

It sounds like you (or someone setting up the pc) changed the name of the
owner account created during the initial install to David instead of
creating an account named David. The pc will always see that account as
owner even though you log in as David due to the unique id created during
account creation.

This can cause havoc with password protected network shares. You will have
to access those shares as owner since that is the ID the pc is broadcasting
to the network.

There is an easy way out though it requires jumping through a few hoops.
1>rename the David account back to Owner
2>create an account named David with matching permissions
3>copy your documents, favorites, etc to the David account
4>log off, then log back on as David
5>delete the owner account


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"Dave" <djbahb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have the Home version
> in CP?Users, only two appear, David (me) and Guest. When I booted this
> morning, it came up Owner. Somewhere, I noted the user name came up as
> david/owner. Not sure how that got there - could that be a problem?
>
> Dave


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